10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

This post is not a twitch, but it is much more fun to read if you first dwell upon the sentiments from the last picture of Corey’s post from East Pond, Jamaica Bay, 2015 It would be a bold birder that calls a Common Ringed Plover , Charadrius hiaticula where Semi-palmated Plover , C. semipalmatus is also an option.

Iceland 219

Iceland Stray Breeders Canada 219

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2017

But after a long weekend in Niagara Falls and Toronto with my extended family, which featured virtually no birding, I was more than willing to get out at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday morning (the 4th of July) to see what was out and about. Either way, life isn’t easy for a young bird.

Jamaica 101

Jamaica Wildlife United States Breeders 101

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Are these, I ask gesturing figuratively around me, all the winter visitors or resident breeders we’ll be observing for the next few months? Until Mute Swans took over Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, gallinules bred there. The rush of migration seems to have ended just about everywhere in the world.

2019 168

2019 Breeders Jamaica Birds 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2019

Though I never cared much for the season growing up, my initial birding forays to Jamaica Bay in Queens were a welcome antidote to the smelly sidewalks and sweltering apartments that plagued my life in summer in New York City. Piping Plover Pilsner: The Detroit Zoological Society and Griffin Claw Brewing Co.

Detroit 143

Detroit New York New York City Vermont 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

In the case of Acorn Woodpeckers, they are cooperative breeders (as with many other polygynandrous species), which seems to predispose species to polygynandry. Alpine Accentors, on the other hand, are not cooperative breeders and females typically have very little to do with each other.

2011 215

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 215

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2012

I first met Anthony Collerton when he was trying to see the Barrow’s Goldeneye at Jamaica Bay back in February. then eventually you’re going to see most of the residents, spring migrants, wintering species and regular breeders. It was something like his fifth attempt at the bird. That’s about 300 species in a typical year.

New York 176

New York Stray Vermont Marine Life 176

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Common Cuckoo is a fascinating bird, an obligate parasitic breeder that employs numerous strategies, including fraud and murder, to survive. , deep-pandemic birds (all local), and still-pandemic birds (a little travel), it is the Rhode Island Common Cuckoo that will define this year for me.

2020 238

2020 Birds Germany Costa Rica 238